follow the red square right now a beautiful sunny sunday off today. at the election the presidential election twenty eight students brighten a day or two to with these election h.q. in red square how lucky have we been calm in the sunshine state with us quite a few as well we've got the best seats the front row seats as we bring you all the latest from the. trees in the run up on during an election and election silence has been in effect all weekend well that effectively campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and whatever that manifesto is until the polls close on sunday evening the last polls won't close for another seven hours or so now we won't be able to give you much information about those applying for the russian leadership. but what we can tell you is that all of the candidates have already. here are some of the highlights from that. are little. little. little little. girl. thank you. brought some of those candidates out early doors as well voting this morning in the chilly morning weather the some of the vote being out of this

reporting from my studio in red square. high old city in moscow the time just before the big election a welcome to our special coverage of the russian presidential election forthcoming live from the heart of the russian capital here as you can see over my shoulder in the iconic red square to the few people on the boat walking around despite this hour russian citizens from the eleven time zones of the costing there are votes on sunday as they make their choice for the candidate will take the kremlin's top job because for the next six she is at a moment election silence is being observed to give people twenty four hours to. think it through thinking the one a vote for that means campaigning a stop to news coverage of the candidates and the manifesto says north however close on sunday evening we can't talk about that but we can tell you about who's vying for the russian presidency and we can tell you about the people who are going to go out in the many many many many thousands hundreds of thousands or a vote on russia's future

now off to a short break we'll take you live to red square for a presidential election coverage stay with us we're back in just a few moments. before . the dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks was new to fight the battle . to stop spreading tell you that will be gossip and public but. i'm telling you. to buy your product. although we along the border with. the good and the bad you need capitalism to work both winners and losers you can't bail out every single bank that gets into trouble you can't bail out every. free money you've got to let the system weed out the losers otherwise you end up with you know a state controlled state maintained price fixing regime by the state that resembles all failed such experiments of the past why not just let the free market be the free market. russia is to choose its president on sunday and right now without further ado we can go live to kevin on our special studio right in the very heart of moscow on red square. yeah. see the time just before the big election or welcome to our special coverage of the russian presidential election forth

hello this is red square right now a beautiful sunny sunday off today in the eighteenth of march on a perfect weather for at the election the presidential election twenty eight seed is calling bright and very true to with you it seems election h.q. in red square how lucky have we been calm in the sun times stayed with us for quite a few hours now well we've got the best seats the front row seats as we bring you all the latest from the fighting now it is quite common in most countries in the run up on during an election and the election silence has been in effect all weekend while that effectively being just the campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and whatever that manifesto you say is over so until the pope polls close on sunday evening the last polls won't close for another seven hours or so now we won't be able to give you that much information about those applying for the russian leadership now but what we can tell you is that all of the candidates have already cost the ballots here some of the highlights from that voting. elderly. a little. bit earlier. thank yo

after the break we'll take you live to red square for our presidential election coverage stay with us for that. local blogs sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle still. produce offspring to tell you that the big gossip the tabloids myself going. off of advertising tell you on the cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along with all. want. to make them five full human rights abuses notion of the example of young men who sued. the genocide who were there going on then just look who is some porting who american them british and a number of all the european countries they are a very generous nation then their support to the actress so what kind of human blood she sat in which to live a million children a woman does not the child. hello welcome back well russia will choose its next president on sunday and right now we can go live to kevin zero in our special studio in the center of moscow. yes in moscow it's now twenty five seven in the evening and minus eleven to seeing red square there we got a five v

for the next six years our election team will keep you up to speed from their special studio on red square . this is r.c. international from moscow millions of votes of millions of voters still yet to do so for russia's presidential election twenty eight c. so stay here. with me to do it today and call in break for all the latest on the end action coverage right here in the center of moscow on red square. more than twenty five thousand people have fled the militant held syrian enclave. through russian sponsored evacuation routes this sunday and the exodus show no sign of stopping. u.k. officials finally say they are ready to give russia access to the probe on the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter britain has also announced that on monday it will transfer the nerve agent view organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. hello welcome i'm andrew farmer you're watching our special coverage of the russian presidential election and at this stage officials do say voter turnout is nearly fifty percent and still a few hours of voting left so let's get the latest them fro

hello and welcome to our special studio almost goes like conic red square right next to the crimea as you can see the seat of russian yeah it's been a super sized election spanning eleven time zones across the seventeen million square kilometers off tyrants very long to do that is the blood they were approaching has secured a force to the russian president by a huge margin pavol group the men from the coleman is polities second and in. general ski from the liberal democratic party before heading over to his h.q. to address the crowd of supporters to have last minute pretend to give a speech at home said. it was mocking for years that since crimea has read the patient with russia correspondent dr david lynch that march eighteenth of course is important day for a number of reasons here in russia today of course is the presidential election but it's also the anniversary of the reunification with crimea it was four years ago today that the treaty was signed green card mia back under the umbrella of the russian federation and this concert was organized in commemoration of that just a stone

cheering vladimir putin there addressing the sea of supporters just on the other side of red square.have been waiting in the cold, a very cold evening in moscow, —16 degrees, hard to believe there are people in the ground without hats on, and vladimir putin doesn't have one either, and he is looking very happy, 35 putin doesn't have one either, and he is looking very happy, as well he should be with the result tonight. he increased his share of the vote from 2012 when he won 64% of the vote, tonight 73.9% of the current exit poll results we are seeing here in russia. but of course those votes are still being counted. and there he was addressing that sea of people, saying it is so important we work together as a team, that we think about the future of this great country, and if we do that, we will achieve success together. so vladimir putin there winning his fourth term in office, and addressing his jubilant supporters there in moscow, just on the other side of red square. if we look at where we are, there is the kremlin, on the other side of that is where the concert is taking place

action coverage right here in the center of moscow on red square. also to come more than twenty five thousand people have fled the militant held syrian enclave of . three russian sponsored evacuation routes this sunday and the axis shows no sign of stopping. u.k. officials find. say they are ready to give russia access to the probe on the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter britain has also announced that on monday will transfer. of the nerve agent to the organization the prohibition of chemical weapons. you're watching our special coverage of the russian presidential election this stage officials do say that ten x. is just over fifty percent with still a few hours of voting left so let's get the latest then from our election taking down a red square. just quite common in most countries in the run up on during an election and election silence has been in effect all weekend that effectively campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and whatever that manifesto is over so until the pope polls close on sunday evening we won'

hello there the bells of police cars in the red square have just rung midnight here in moscow this is where all the international is for the next two days it's all special election h.q. to cover the russian presidential vote lawyer for red square and we've got the best seats collin we've got fried rice seeds as we bring you all the latest from the voting and election science has been in effect all weekend that means campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates on the manifest. so until the polls close completely on sunday evening we won't be able to give you much information about those vying for the russian leadership. although there are some things we can tell you about not least of all the organization the progress of the vote which is it takes place regions across the country just seventeen million square kilometers to cover after all it's an election marathon on top of that a record number of foreign observers are present at this year's election there are more than fifteen hundred registered on top of them more than one hundred forty thousand observers from across russi

international special coverage of the russian presidential election live from red square tell you what a gorgeous day it's been the sun is said we've got front row seats as you bring you all the latest from the voting and election silence has been in effect all weekend that means campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates from that manifests is now over so until the polls close on sunday evening we won't be able to give you much information about those vying for the russian leadership but there are some things we can tell you about and that is the organization of progress of the vote across all russian regions of this huge country seventeen point one million square kilometers to cover for this on top of that there's also a record number of forward observers who are at this year's election over fifteen hundred of them have registered on top of that as well as more than one hundred forty thousand observers from within russia for you you don't need to be at the polls to see what's happening now you. deeds can watch the voting process from the comfort of your own homes as the v

polls from eight o'clock in the morning let's just take a look over our shoulder at the iconic red square we've got a superset of foyer our team is going to be bringing the best coverage when those polls close of course. nine o'clock in the evening moscow time we got full coverage coming up it's got a splendid view of coming in to see the tower there and same parcels this looked in on so many centuries of change in this place and we're looking forward to seeing what happens tomorrow will bring you the very best coverage throughout the day stay with us. protesters across spain were out in force on saturday demanding better pensions one of the biggest marches took place in catalonia around thirty thousand c.d.'s citizens made their way through the streets of boss alone criticizing spain's ruling party for inadequate pension increases many have complained last year's riots of one point two five percent isn't in line with the rate of inflation. russian boats are being blamed for issues ranging from swaying elections to spreading fake news but apparently now they've set their sights on hollywo

polls from eight o'clock in the morning let's just take a look over our shoulder at the iconic red square we've got a superset of four year our team are going to be bringing that best coverage when those polls close of course which will be nine o'clock in the evening moscow time we got full coverage coming up it's got a splendid view of coming in to see the tower there and same basil's this looked on on so the centuries of virtue of this place and we're looking forward to seeing what happens tomorrow r.t. will bring you the very best coverage throughout the day stay with us. now the name donald trump probably isn't what you would expect to find someone called in afghanistan of all places exactly though what one couple decided to call their child as a sign of respect to president trump's policies facing a backlash from both family and the community. through their blood. odds. are the most fun but before my son was born i was reading about donald trump's bag round and he's policy i thought his policies the best and this made me cold my son of. those i wanted more and more for when i name my

that's ryan thank you for that kevin i will be joining kevin there in there tomorrow on red square not looking forward to the cold temperatures but i'm sure the excitement will keep us warm well now let's move on to the news of the day the name donald trump probably isn't one you would expect to find someone cold in afghanistan but that's exactly what one couple decided to call their child as a sign of respect to president chimes policy facing a backlash from both family and the community. earlier. the last one but before my son was born i was reading about donald trump's background and his policy i thought his policies the best and this made me call my son after. those i wanted more nor for when i name my son donald trump behavior rolled my family and my parents changed because of pressure i left my village for a couple of my close friends who also distance that i suppose from that they asked why did you name your son donald trump wasn't there any other name. but him or her of course honest and we are very happy to name our child after the best politician and i hope he will become a p

so hello and welcome to our continuing special election coverage program live from red square of it ship was largely because of one morning but for the most part i was sure that's not go there ok so you're there to make my election days actually go on here in moscow where red are going to another day but of course the big count still continues great studio here in red square a great vantage point of our correspondents right above me got a lot of reaction from various experts and and. some of the people oversaw the vote as well over the coming hours right next to the kremlin here our coverage comes from the seat of russian looks to be holding within its walls. for another six years looks like at the moment i don't think it is going to shake the looks of it all polling stations have closed across russia because think close ties the election hasn't it spans eleven time zones across the seventeen million square kilometers of territory incredible more than half of votes have already been counted no those polls closed three hours ago. sixty percent of being counted. sixty you hear of the polit

election coverage now kevin and nikki erin bring us right up to date from red square. come to it from red square and step and i would think you are it was as we digest some of the final results so that comes we'll get some final reactions to it from a number of guests especially because. yes the russian presidential election has been full it's on his feet and we'll be bringing you all the latest developments and yes. that him approach and then pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years at the fifty six million russians chose him to lead their country it's why fals didn't even come close he was sworn in as president for the full time and that if i when you look at the stats putin did better than in any previous election he's for these all the figures on your screen the snow over the fifty percent he got on it every time as you can see more going on from two thousand but. the vote this time around brought him seventy six point six percent with which

also as i called it red square in the levant is not counted in russia's presidential election demand putin is winning by a large margin getting of a seventy six percent of the vote it means a sixty five year old will take the country's top job for another six years i mean the poll of fifty six million people for him leaving all his rivals fall behind is going to be his fourth presidential as well in this year's race for the crime that beats and managed to secure the longest chunky seven minutes to take in an election we can see is trying to wrestle it in his presidential debates over the years the election wasn't just about the numbers through a lot of light so moments that colored the day let's have a quick look at some of those. which if you didn't catch any of our coverage of the results started to come in to see in our correspondents who are the candidates headquarters across moscow. covering the election for. campaign we talked to him a little bit about how it all went. well it was the very first appeared to has is tradition to cast this ballot for the cameras and then he disapp

called in great red square which is pretty much go to also this morning another sunny march morning here in central moscow wherever you're shooting in though we'll be bringing you live updates from reaction from our special. here on red square with almost all the ballots not counted in winning overwhelmingly it's safe to assume that the sixty five year old will keep his job in the kremlin in another six years because i think this will be his fourth presidential search is what i was seventy six percent of the vote that's more than fifty six million people costing. leaving all levels far behind at this point as things stand the turnout estimated at some sixty seven percent but it wasn't all serious as many light colored voting day let's take a quick look. at . our. own sunday our correspondents rather candidates headquarters in moscow where i got a visit with us he was at the headquarters in fact tracking his movements all day and now in precious little sleep you do very well. for mr putin on polling day but it was a very. first appeared to has as tradition to cast this ballot for the came

special coverage of this historic event from red square. come to it from red square and stiff and i would think the error was as we digest some of the final results so that comes we'll get some final reactions to it from a number of us especially because. yes the russian presidential election has been full it's on the speed and we'll be bringing you all the latest developments and yes. the limit putin then pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years at the fifty six million russians chose him to lead their country it's why fals didn't even come close to be sworn in as president for the full time in many when you look at the stats putin did better than in any previous election he's for these all the figures on your screen the snow over fifty percent he go on it every time as you can see more going on from two thousand but. the vote this time around brought him seventy six point six percent with which it is to be mostly d

sunshine start on the red square again it's just off to five in the afternoon welcome to our election special seven zero and nikki are with you covering everything has been going on with the big bugbear of russia over the last twenty four hour we'll be bringing you the latest reaction from a special studio right here in moscow as iconic red square as let me see now with almost all of the ballots counted and the current president with him approaching this one by a huge margin it turns out of the gate over seventy six percent of the vote the stops on the screens no means he will stay in the country's top job for another six years yet more than fifty six million people const that bonnet school leaving his rifles that fall on behind this would be he's a full fledged presidential time. pussy militia secure a larger share of the vote than the any previous unless. you leave his post. places that said that. this election was. something like six minutes please don't. ask. her on sunday all current standards were at the candidate's headquarters in moscow it might ghastly have covered the electi

this is how red square looks right now it's a beautiful sunny sunday the eighteenth of march it may be spring but it has been a bit nippy this morning which started at about minus ninety and it's worked up a bit since then but a perfect day in this time zone at least there are eleven to cover in russia for the presidential election twenty eighty welcome from a kind of break with your coverage live from red square and coming in we have the best seats in the house we've got the front row seats as we bring you all the latest from the voting and election silence has been in effect all weekend that means campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and manifestos is now . so until the polls close completely on sunday evening we won't be able to give you much information about those buying the russian leadership members of the sun i was also in seoul the polls close but what we can tell you is that almost all the candidates have now already cost that ballots there are some highlights from about to. go well. thank you thank you. for the first. most of those i counted it's turning ou

what's going on with the presidential election continues live from this great vantage point in red square right next door to the crowd in the state of russian power yes the polling stations have closed across russia and must be nuts to purse sized election spawning even eleven time zones across the seventeen million square kilometers of territory and i'm going to logistics the people who are most of the vote so i've already been counted here all the preliminary results if you're just joining us i'm in first place surprised at results given the amount of the. approach it with seventy six percent a full time to go back and twenty twelve probable do from with coleman to be in the second with twelve point five percent good place to look good measure and all that through all the political scene for me l b p the liberal democratic club the only six percent so called normal the vote counted people had to have that seat with a h.q. to address the crowd of supporters that i'm approaching gave a speech like homesteads that mocked for years that since crimea as we unification it with rochelle corres

right on red square. for russia's presidential election twenty eight. election coverage right here in the center. more than twenty five thousand people have fled the militant. evacuation routes this sunday. shows no sign of stopping plus you can finally say they are ready to give russia access to the probe on the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter also and. it will transfer. agent to the organization the prohibition of chemical weapons. you're watching our special coverage of the russian presidential election and at this stage we can tell you officials do say that so far today is nearly thirty five percent so let's cross straight now to our team in red square for the latest. now i just quite common in most countries in the run up on during an election and the election silence has been in effect all weekend well that effectively being just that campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates and whatever that manifesto you say isn't over so until the pope polls close on sunday evening we won't be able to give you that much informa

from a red square it's given i would like you are with you as we digest some of the final results that come through and get some final reaction to it from a number of guests especially because. yes the russian presidential election has been for it and it's been we'll be bringing you all the latest developments and yes . that in a putin then pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years this year the vast majority of polling stations were equipped with web cameras streaming everything that happened then meant that anyone could be the observer if they wanted to write the code to get back out to the most you know it's paid off as well the practice was first introduced to twenty twelve presidential election and indeed this time which helps to expose multiple electoral fraud cases in this focus his time as well. the election result comes with increased tension with the west something that's been reflected in some of the reaction coming in there are teas peter all over you

it's our special coverage of russia's presidential elections from all over the country live to red square just a moment. american minutes one is the mountain. the second is the. america the works are so this is a whole group of people all generation in america is saying that there is no melting pot we're not being assimilated there's no opportunities we can't lose so their response essentially is to go into conflict and this is a major. ten fifteen on sunday morning here in moscow and polling stations have now opened all across russia but the western most regional kaliningrad lost to join the vote just over one hour ago with this vaastu country spread across well all of eleven time zones people have already been casting their votes for many hours in some regions let's go live now to call him. at all central moscow studio. hello to you out of warm welcome from obscene so national's election h.q. for the next two days i say global climate has been a bit cold it was warmed up to a balmy minus fifteen now but think of those people in the far east of russia who've been voting in minus twenty n

hear the taxi just not hardly where you are just outside of red square and there are all the people here i don't have the best help but my point this place is packed and all these people are here to take the state of the popular heart but of course many of the people who are here on the square. take a look just like the. president right next to. last will be making an appearance tonight at this concert to be waiting to see what it cost to. use product here pretty big lots of it looks about minus the result which is around sixteen or seventeen degrees fahrenheit right now on. here waiting to see what else . looks good probably thank you for the. life is the surprise for exams a leftist will become so i thought she jackie took it to be that i can let us begin to guess our we're now joined live by edward doesn't scan professor as well part i think that must be a sign a fantasy and the highest going to be cannot make seconds the president thanks for coming in tonight so what's your take on the reaction we've seen from the mainstream media oh jumping to the conclusion based seven on i'm a per

and we've got special coverage of course again today kevin i've been reporting from a studio on red square in the heart of the capital. hi old cheerleader i see in moscow the time just before the big election i welcome to our special coverage of the russian presidential election forthcoming live from the heart of the russian capital here as you can see over my shoulder in the iconic red square to the few people out and about walking around despite this hour russian citizen spending eleven time zones of the casting their votes on sunday as they make their choice for the candidate will take the kremlin's top job because for the next six she is at a moment election silence is being observed to give people twenty four hours to. think it through think either one of vote for that means campaigning a stop to news coverage of the candidates in a minute festers is north of however close on sunday evening we can't talk about that but we can tell you about who's vying for the russian presidency and we can tell you about the people who are going to go out in the many many many many thousands hundreds

the sunshine stone the splendid red square again to nicky with. a moscow welcome to our special coverage ongoing of russia's presidential election as those results sink in that can bring good news i've been told that makes react on a special studio right here on moscow's iconic red square yes thanks for being with us with. the current president vladimir putin's one but huge margin it turns out having gained over seventy six percent of the books it means he will stay in the job in the country's top job it is to be said for another six years more than fifty six million people cost that ballots for him leaving his rivals behind this will be his fourth presidential term. to secure a large of vote share than in any previous election he stood in who we could see how he fares in the previous presidential race is over fifty percent every. time the council number one that he'd like. to take on. on sunday our correspondents were at the candidate's headquarters in moscow more ghastly i've covered the election from vladimir putin's h.q. he said his experience

international and special electoral election coverage with mina and colleen great once again red square looking fantastic in the sunshine this made wherever your treating him though if you're well we're going to be bringing to you live updates have reaction for the rest of monday for all support from studio. like cutting red square with all the counted in russia's presidential election in his winning by a long getting us seventy six percent of the vote it means a sixty five year old will tell you the country's top shelf for another six years in terms of photos that means more than fifty six million people cast their ballots for him leaving all his rivals fall behind this will be his fourth presidential to win this year's race for the kremlin and managed to secure the largest chunk he's ever managed to take in an election here we can see his track record in his presidential bid over the is the election wasn't just about a few like so much as well the color of the day on sunday let's have a quick look at some of those. now if you were watching us about eighteen hours ago i will say i was

both come to it from red square and stiff and i would think there was as we digest some of the final results so that comes we'll get some final reactions to it from a number of guests especially because. yes the russian presidential election has been full it's on his feet and we'll be bringing you all the latest developments and sleeps. with him approach and then pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years at the fifty six million russians chose him to lead their country it's why fals didn't even come close to be sworn in as president for the full time in that if i when you look at the stats putin did better than in any previous election he's four these are the figures on the screen the snow over fifty percent he got on it every time as you can see more going on from two thousand but. the vote this time around brought him seventy six point six percent with which it is to be mostly delights but as we all know it's not just about dry numbers that make an election i

in the house for all the great coverage you got coming up of the big vote this weekend live from red square the iconic ramparts of the kremlin there kevin i would here with you at the moment the big buildup the russian presidential election when live from the heart of the russian capital chile here but no matter russian citizens spending eleven time zones will become their votes on sunday as they make their choice for the candidate to set to take the kremlin's top job for the next six years this saturday though is a day of election silence so actually we're pulling out all the stops to be with you the move there's a lot we can obviously say but the kind of the moment that's blanked off campaigning has stalled the news coverage of the candidates in the manifestos is obviously not a lead to give people a minute to think about things so until the polls close on sunday evening we will be able to tell you much about those vying for the russian president to see but it will kick off in about twenty four hours moscow time just over that what we can tell you about right now though of the people who

so i'm on my new years in a square which is right next to red square where there is currently as you can see a concert about to happen people are just arriving here for a concert that's actually supposed to not celebrate victory but it's supposed to celebrate what is here called the return of the crimean peninsula to russia which is of course the legal an exaggeration of the crimean peninsula and putin may well turn up and of course that shows us that very much wants people to associate him and to associate his last term with an axe a sion which brought approval ratings of almost eighty percent we don't yet know whether he will turn up but people as you can see are waving flags behind me arriving here to watch the concert which is about to visit begin it's a real party atmosphere there i can see behind you and it's fair yet with the polls already have just been close any indication that reached the highest voter turnout that he was hoping for. well i saw that a state agency was reporting that the turnout was higher than in two thousand and twelve so higher than in the last presidenti

i'll go away after the break we'll take you live to red square in central moscow for presidential election coverage stay with us for that in just a few moments. but . put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. to going to be pros this is what before three of the more. interesting always in the war. the good and the bad you need capitalism to work both winners and losers you can't bail out every single bank that gets into trouble you can bail out. the nice free money you got to let the system weed out the losers otherwise you end up with you know a state controlled state maintained price fixing regime by the state that resembles all failed such experiments in the past why not just let the free market be the free market. international now russia is to choose its president on sunday and right now we can go live to kevin o. not all special studio right in the hawt. and welcome to the best seat in the house is what we're going to promise you the buildup to our special coverage of the russian the presidential election side's modest faltering tonight

an overwhelming majority voting to give lot of me putin a fourth time in the kremlin he was on red square for the big event. both come to this from red square it's seven zero in the here and we as we digest some of the final results that come through and get some final reaction to it from a number of guests especially because lined up yesterday invests in presidential election has been for it and it. will be bringing you all the latest developments and yes. but in a putin that pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years the election result comes with increased tension with the west something that's been reflected in some of the reaction coming in there are tees peter all over your correspondents got the latest from berlin took a long time to get any reaction out of germany where i'm talking to you from when it eventually did come it actually came from brussels in the form of heiko muss the new german foreign minister speaking on his way into a meeting of european unio

come to it from red square it's seven zero in the here and with as we digest some of the final results that come through and get some final reaction to it from a number of guests especially because lined up yes invest in a presidential election has been for it and it's been we'll be bringing you all the latest developments and yes. but i'm a putin and pulls off a huge win on sunday getting over three quarters of the vote it means he'll stay on as president and could remain in the kremlin for up to another six years the election result comes with increased tension with the west something that's been reflected in some of the reaction coming in there are t's peter all over your correspondents got the latest from berlin took a long time to get any reaction out of germany where i'm talking to you from when it eventually did come it actually came from brussels in the form of heiko must the new german foreign minister speaking on his way into a meeting of european union foreign ministers there in the belgian capital city give mr voluble the results of the election in russia which was as a sur

will be live to red square shortly for now though it's the top stories of the week today. and last week nearly fifty thousand civilians have fled syria. through. the biggest. operation. i left out my appoint and i will be needed out there as is of civilians are living good right now by the humanitarian character you can see behind me the passage had been recently opened by syrian forces it's allowing crowds of civilians many of them are children to leave in battle area. the. terrorists use people as human shields they wouldn't let us leave they hid behind our backs we wanted to leave a year and a half the goals of they wouldn't let us. i don't remember the last time i ate we didn't have food in our village the militants took everything that the humanitarian convoys delivered aside every article had that there might be a was given only to certain groups or so most of the medical aid was sold it was from humanitarian agencies and the un and was distribute she didn't do so under the supervision of our government for the militants was selling news for. like impressive. also to

it looked like the newsreels red square foot on paved. the dirt mud which would always is in the center of town swears it was emaciated laborers daggers in rags roughly issues. but the idea of socialism was an inspiration to us all here to be true michel wonderful. and. the german communist party recommended arish meerkat for the international lenin school this was where the young communist revolutionaries received their training the curriculum was well suited to milk is taste military tactics weapons and communications technology setting explosives politics and economics and the history of the workers' movement. understood that we students knew each other by aliases my mind was powered by. france for conspiracy was part of our everyday life and. his final appraisal gave him a mixed report. his character flaws had been evident to the instructor. by bus in displays many moments of arrogance even complacency in self-importance that was coupled with a tendency to be a loner. the highlight for the students was the annual may day parade on red

the highlight for the students was the annual may day parade on red square that was where milka saw his great role model joseph stalin for the first time albion from a distance. he's a big that and counter with comrade style and moved me deeply and. he's our viewers are a great man and not just a teacher to me. he was like a father to me in which i felt. we had to abortion quicker milko was a very devoted ally of the soviet union where you have a rich past as an internationalist and as a communist when used the upshur well look we want a great respect for them we trust them. repeatedly all but sometimes he took his devotion to the soviet union a bit too far would you mind. your example in the polls or you don't start a hockey match because there are. needle polish players. should you get was like they defended why daring to win you the pushed you were. losing was not an option not even in sports. the east german police intelligence service and customs department had their own affleck association called dynamo. was its first and only chairman in characteristic fashion he maintained an ir

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who is on almost twelve percent soon after the first exit poll split in joint crowns in moscow's red square the election was held on the fourth anniversary of the annexation of crimea from ukraine at a news conference the president later rejected british allegations that moscow was involved in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. calling them nonsense lawrence lee reports now on putin's landslide victory. by sema the coolest election such as the status of blood in your putin in russia as he was in reality little more than a coronation discipline you could lead you says we're going to emain it's very important to maintain this unity to attract those who could have voted for overcome today's we have to stand together shoulder to shoulder we have to think about unity not about differences we should think about the future of our people about the future of our country we are destined for success. it was never a contest to single out the overwhelming percentage of votes cast and more than six out of ten russians voted for the kremlin it went more or less to plan of c

twelve percent and soon after the first polls first exit polls putin address supporters in moscow's red square his victory is also seen as a validation of crime there's an exception from ukraine four years ago. it's very important to maintain this unity to attract those who could have voted for the other candidate we have to stand together shoulder to shoulder we have to think about unity not about differences we should think about the future of our people about the future of our country we are destined for success were challenges life presence vast paul the largest city in crimea which russia annexed from ukraine four years ago there was no doubt about who they wanted in the kremlin where you are. no there wasn't so i mean the central election committee is almost finished counting the votes from all over the country and what strikes me as as slightly interesting about the crimea turnout is that actually here in crimea it seems the turnout is a little bit lower than it was in the country as a whole so here sixty three to sixty five percent of registered voters turned out whereas the national f